---
name: Heriot-Watt University
description: Heriot-Watt University public developer/API footprint review for APIs.json cataloging.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/heriot-watt/refs/heads/main/review.yml
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reviews:
  - date: '2026-06-03'
    rating: 2
    summary: >-
      Heriot-Watt University has no public developer portal and no official GitHub
      organization (the "HerriotWatt" org is an unrelated student course project).
      Verified live, publicly browsable platforms include the Research Portal (Elsevier
      Pure), Library Discovery (Ex Libris Alma/Primo), Springshare LibCal, and the
      system status page. The underlying platforms (Pure OAI-PMH/REST, Primo/Alma REST,
      LibCal REST) support APIs as features, but at this institution they are gated:
      the Pure /ws/oai endpoint redirects to an error and the others require credentials
      or an Ex Libris/Springshare API key. No public endpoints, base URLs, or schemas
      were fabricated; only URLs confirmed by live probing are listed below.
    endpoints:
      - url: https://www.hw.ac.uk/
        status: 200
        note: Official university website.
      - url: https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/
        status: 200
        note: Research Portal (Pure) home, publicly browsable.
      - url: https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/ws/oai?verb=Identify
        status: 500
        note: Pure OAI-PMH path redirects to an error endpoint; not openly available.
      - url: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/professional-services/information-services/find-resources
        status: 200
        note: Library find-resources page (Alma/Primo Discovery entry point).
      - url: https://hw.ac.libcal.com/
        status: 200
        note: Springshare LibCal instance; REST API gated behind admin OAuth.
      - url: https://hw.ac.libcal.com/admin/api/
        status: 200
        note: LibCal admin API console resolves but requires authentication.
      - url: https://www.hwstatus.info/
        status: 200
        note: Heriot-Watt system status page.
      - url: https://uk.linkedin.com/school/heriot-watt-university/
        status: 200
        note: Official LinkedIn school page.
      - url: https://github.com/HerriotWatt
        status: 200
        note: Unofficial student course-project org, not an institutional GitHub presence.
      - url: https://www.hw.ac.uk/developers
        status: 404
        note: No public developer portal exists.